Menomonie, Wisconsin, 3,244 students in 8 schools

Menomonie Area School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Menomonie get?

About 45.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.9 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Menomonie?

11.5 inches on December 11, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 94.5 inches.

Q: Does Menomonie get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

Menomonie averages 2.5 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 77 percent of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Menomonie snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Menomonie through the night and the 5 to 8 am bus run, adds winter alerts and the Winter Storm Severity Index, and measures the snow against Menomonie’s own big snow morning: 5.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.9 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Menomonie, measured against Menomonie's own big snow morning of 5.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Menomonie close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Menomonie.

Ten winters of school mornings

Menomonie’s snow record

45.3inches of snow a winter

5.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.5with 4 in or more

5.3 ina big snow morning in Menomonie: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

19.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 77% of the 412 Wisconsin districts with a station record.

3Nov

9.8Dec

7.9Jan

12.7Feb

6.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.5 in on December 11, 2021
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 94.5 in
6 in mornings 1 a winter
1 in mornings 8.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.9 miles away. Mornings are the 7 am snow reading on a weekday from December 1 through March 31, over the ten winters from 2016 to 2017 through 2025 to 2026, from NOAA GHCN Daily.

The Wisconsin rule

How Wisconsin counts a lost day

Wisconsin requires hours, not days: 437 for kindergarten, 1,050 for grades 1 to 6 and 1,137 for grades 7 to 12.

The Wisconsin rules in the agency’s own words, and every Wisconsin district

Next door

Districts near Menomonie

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Elk Mound Area School DistrictElk Mound	51.9 in	2.2
Durand School DistrictDurand	39.2 in	1.9
Baldwin-Woodville Area School DistrictBaldwin	51.6 in	2.4
Eau Claire Area School DistrictEau Claire	57.3 in	2.5
Altoona School DistrictAltoona	57.3 in	2.5
St. Croix Central School DistrictHammond	51.6 in	2.4

The schools

8 schools

Every school in Menomonie follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Menomonie High

Middle

Menomonie Middle

Elementary

River Heights Elementary
Oaklawn Elementary
Wakanda Elementary
Knapp Elementary, Knapp
Downsville Elementary, Downsville

Other schools

School District of the Menomonie Area 4K

Questions

Menomonie snow day questions

How much snow does Menomonie get?

What was the biggest snow day near Menomonie?

Does Menomonie get more snow days than other Wisconsin districts?

How does the Menomonie snow day predictor work?

How does Wisconsin handle snow days?

More winter

More for Wisconsin snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.Wisconsin winter forecastThe season ahead for Wisconsin: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

A residential street under deep snow on a bright blue morning, cars parked along the curb buried into smooth white mounds, one set of tire tracks down the middle — The morning after a big one: cars buried to the mirrors and one set of tracks down the middle. A street like this is a closing, no debate. Photo, Fairfax, Virginia, January 2016: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 4.0

The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.